Local Drinks

1. chokolåti

   Hot chocolate, cocoa drink

   Usage

   A beverage made from cocoa, not a chocolate bar. Say "un tåsan chokolåti" for a cup of cocoa

   Grammar Note

   The alternate form is chikulåti. The colour brown is kulot chikulåti or kulot chokolåti

2. lemonåda

   Lemonade

   Usage

   Water with lemon juice and sugar. It is normally served cold, as in "manengheng na lemonåda" (cold lemonade)

3. punche

   Punch (mixed fruit drink)

   Usage

   Made in a big container and ladled out at fiestas. It can be based on juice, wine, tea, flavoured water and so on; the version for children leaves the alcohol out

   Grammar Note

   Whether it contains alcohol depends on who made it. If you need to avoid it, ask "Guaha atkahót?"

4. månha

   Young drinking coconut

   Usage

   A young coconut whose flesh is still soft. The top is cut off, you drink the water, then scoop the flesh

   Grammar Note

   The mature nut is niyok. There is a separate word åpplok for the very green, juice-heavy stage, but månha is what you ask for to drink

5. fina'manengheng

   A cold drink

   Usage

   The word for a cold drink of any kind — useful on a hot day when anything cold will do

   Grammar Note

   From manengheng "cold" with the causative fa'- and the nominalising infix -in-, the same pattern as fina'denne'

6. refresko

   Refreshments (cold drinks with sweet snacks)

   Usage

   A light spread of cold drinks with pastries, put out after a gathering or a ceremony

   Grammar Note

   The alternate form is rifresko; the verb is refreska, "to refresh"

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